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You cc a lawyer on an e-mail, you bring a lawyer in, have them sit in, that by itself does not shield things. >> so, what can house investigators or robert mueller, what can you do to compel -- somebodys claiming attorney-client privilege and it doesnt hold up, how do you force them to talk? >> the mueller team will talk to donald trump jr., presumably, ask questions, hell invoke some privilege, the team will think thats ludicrous or frivolous and then theyll go the court. they have a court proc...

He comes back before congress under subpoena and refuses to answer questions then he can be held in contempt. as a voluntary witness before the committee, he has -- there is no contempt powers over them. with respect to the assertion of the privilege if he tries that with muller -- because hes going to be interviewed with mueller under oath, mueller will have the judge hold him in contempt because it is an improper assertion of privilege. the fact that a lawyer is in the room when you are talkin...

Privilege. the fact that a lawyer is in the room when you are talking with other people there is a waiver of the privilege. it is inapplicable. i think he has set himself up for a problem with mueller and potentially if congress gets some backbone, a return visit under subpoena power where contempt can be the result. >> john, again, under the attorney-client privilege, there were attorneys in the room at the taime. can he do that? >> no. it is not electricity if you have an attorney in the room ...

Can use that sort of privilege at this point. our own jeffrey toobin. >> the basic rule of attorney/client privilege is itly covers conversation between a client ant attorney. if any third party is present, there is to privilege attached to the conversation. so, what donald trump jr. is counting on, a compliant republican dominated committee, that wont hold him in contempt, but his legal position is absurd. >> lets put the legal question aside because im not an attorney. le i dont think you are....

They voted to table it. ron bonjean and philippe reines. i want to play what congressman greene had to say today. >> donald john trump has by his statements brought the high office of president of the united states in contempt, ridiculed, disgraced and disrepute. has demonstrated that he is unfit to be president. has betrayed his trust as president of the united states to the manifest injury of the people of the united states. >> shannon: philippe, doesnt

Michael zelden, robert muellers former special assistant at the doj and the former prosecutor for the southern district of new york. good evening. thank you. michael, you first. i want to get your reaction to this news about donald trump, jr. that he would not speak to house investigators about his communication with his father after that trump tower meeting. as a matter of fact, inciting attorney-client privilege. what are the implications here? >> the implications are that if he comes back bef...

158. >> shannon: on october 22nd, donald trump made a statement as follows: wacky congresswoman wilson is a gift that keeps on giving. a disaster for democrats, contempt on an african-american african-american -- he called her wacky. >> this whole thing is wacky. the impeachment vote today was a needless distraction and frankly its a gift to republicans because republicans are trying to get things done. we just passed tax reform and democrats are over here, 58 of them, supporting impeaching the ...

Could anything show more contempt than moore. mitch, the tax cut wont save you. it is okay but it wont save you. >> and lets tart with the personal fight. romney you respect before the show, you talked about how much you respect mitt romney. why does he have contempt for moore and lets be honest, trump. >> with roy moore it is beyond politics. >> what is beyond politics. >> the fact that a accused child molester is a nominee for senate in alabama. that is beyond politics. it is not about his pol...

Mueller is not going to stand for invoking of attorney -- of a nonexistent attorney/client privilege, i would imagine. >> right. you have a fifth amendment privilege, and im not saying that he would assert that, but you do have privileges. you can refuse to answer. or you can just be in contempt. this happened in several cases, where the prosecutor cant get a witness to cooperate, a judge can then find you guilty of contempt. he has options. but the most important thing is that he not lie. at le...

They voted to table it. ron bonjean and philippe reines. i want to play what congressman greene had to say today. >> donald john trump has by his statements brought the high office of president of the united states in contempt, ridiculed, disgraced and disrepute. has demonstrated that he is unfit to be president. has betrayed his trust as president of the united states to the manifest injury of the people of the united states. >> shannon: philippe, doesnt